Chapter 293 – Magical Girl Climax!
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What is this?
While talking with Rant, I heard about Tina and Ms. Miranda.
But…
“Um… so, is this right? Ms. Miranda’s husband passed away when Tina was young. Somehow, you ended up with Tina, and that day, you happened to open the bathhouse, so it happened, and while bathing, Ms. Miranda came in?”
“Yes.”
“And… in the bath, you ended up with Ms. Miranda and Tina at the same time?”
“…Yes.”
Is this for real?
No, how can that happen?
If this is the case, isn’t it that Ms. Miranda ate Tina’s boyfriend instead of Rant plundering Ms. Miranda?
After that, he properly talked with Ms. Miranda and shared love… and they officially became lovers, but…
Hmm, it’s still a complicated and difficult story for me to fully accept.
More than that… Ms. Miranda had such a warm impression, but now that I look at her, she was a sly fox who had been suppressing her desires…
While listening to the story, Rant and I arrived at the 6th floor.
However, the three of them were not seen near the warp device.
“It seems they are hunting ahead.”
“How do we find them? Do we just wait for them to come?”
“No. There’s a way to find them from here.”
After saying that, Rant spoke into the magic tool on his left wrist.
It was the same magic tool that I had received after registering as an adventurer.
“Noah.”
Then, an arrow appeared from the bead of the magic tool, pointing in one direction.
“That way.”
“Rant, that is…”
“You received one too, right, Tikia? This is a magic tool that shows the location of the same party. Ah, when we all meet up, let’s connect your magic tool to ours.”
“Ah, okay…”
Rant ran in the direction the arrow was pointing.
Before long, we were able to meet the three of them.
It seemed they had just finished hunting, as there was a dead body of a tree-type monster, a Trent, on the floor, and Noah and Ninya were looking down at the corpse.
Elsie was a little behind, keeping her distance.
Noah’s ears perked up at the sound of us approaching, and at the same time, Noah looked towards us.
“Ah, Rant! Tikia! Over here!”
After arriving at everyone, Rant carefully put me down.
…Now that I’m down, I feel a little sad.
“Were you catching Trents?”
“Yeah! It’s boring to just wait. Okay! Tikia! Let’s catch Trents like crazy from now on and get promoted again! Then, let’s go straight to the 10th floor!”
Noah seems to want to promote me quickly.
No, of course, I want to get promoted quickly too.
Besides, I need to get promoted quickly so that I don’t hold the party back.
“Okay. I’ll show you that a genius magical girl’s growth is amazing!”
And then, I rode Rant’s muscle carriage to a place where there were no other adventurers, and then I used magic all morning, defeating Trents, defeating them, and defeating them again.
Normally, I would think about the efficiency of magic consumption and use ordinary Wind Cutters instead of originals, but…
“Hmph!”
Since I was drawing magic power from Rant, who was almost like an infinite mana tank, I didn’t have to worry about that.
But somehow, every time I draw it, I feel a strange sensation…
What should I say… it feels like I’m getting addicted?
Anyway, I kept replenishing my magic power and hunted Trents using original magic.
“Twinkle Wind Stars!”
I cut down the Trents while flying Twinkle Stars wrapped in wind around them.
Honestly, changing the attributes while using them consumes a lot of magic power, but I don’t have to worry about that now.
Even after catching them all morning, I still haven’t been promoted.
No, I could tell that I was really approaching promotion at a groundbreaking speed.
Promotion is not something that can be done right away in a day or two.
But I was approaching promotion so much that I could feel it.
I was sure that if I hunted for about two more days, I would be able to get promoted for sure.
Around lunchtime, Elsie said to me.
“Um, Tikia-san…”
“Huh? What is it, Elsie?”
“If, if it’s not rude, would it be okay if you tried using ordinary magic instead of original magic?”
Ordinary magic?
“Why is that?”
“Well… I think Tikia-san’s original magic is pretty and cool. But… I wanted to see other magic too.”
“Ah, I thought about that too! Our party didn’t have a mage, so even if we saw magic, we only saw what other parties shot during the flood.”
“I want to see Tikia use other magic too. If you can create original magic, you must have a lot of knowledge about magic… I’m curious to see what kind of magic you can use.”
Elsie, Noah, and Ninya all wanted to see me use ordinary magic instead of original magic.
Well… I don’t really mind.
It’s not like I don’t want to use anything other than original magic.
“Okay. Then, what kind of magic do you want to see?”
When it came to magic, I could use up to advanced-level magic when I was in magic school.
Well, with my magic power before promotion, I could only use it twice, but now that I’ve been promoted, I can use it five times.
“Oh, are you going to do it?”
Rant looked at me with sparkling eyes.
“Well, well… it’s not like I don’t want to use ordinary magic.”
Besides, after seeing those eyes just now, I felt like I wanted to show them something amazing.
Elsie clenched her fists and asked me.
“Th, then Tikia-san! Among wind magic, can you use that… the magic that creates a vortex? That… the one that the great mage among the rabbit beastkin hero’s companions mainly used…”
“You mean Tornado?”
“Yes!”
“Ahem! Of course, I can do that! But I’ll show you something even more amazing!”
“Something more amazing?”
“Yeah! But since I’m going to use it, I want to get a lot of monsters caught up in it at once…”
The terrain of the 6th floor feels like a dry wasteland.
Perhaps that’s why the Trents that inhabit it also have a dry impression.
In a place like this, where the surroundings are clear, my magic will be even more unique.
Besides, the magic I’m going to use has a wide range, so I want to defeat several monsters at once.
“Then, I’ll gather them.”
“Huh? Gather them?”
“Yes. Please wait a moment.”
Whoosh!
Rant dashed off somewhere like an arrow.
Rant brought Trents from somewhere and dropped them 20 meters in front of us.
Clearly, the Trents that were being carried were hitting Rant with their tree trunks, but Rant didn’t care and left them there, then ran somewhere, and repeated the process.
And in front of us, there were about 80 Trents gathered in a writhing mass.
Rant approached us.
“Is this enough?”
“E, enough…”
…More than that, isn’t it easier to gather monsters like this and hunt them all at once than to go around directly?
No, this method is only possible because I, who have the power of annihilation, am here.
No matter how strong the vanguard Noah and Ninya are, it would be difficult for them to face so many monsters at once.
Okay, for Rant, who gathered the monsters, this genius magical girl will show you something amazing!
I walked forward and gathered magic power.
Normally, you need a chant to use advanced magic, but for me, who has experimented with countless formulas to create original magic, even advanced magic is just a matter of shouting the name of the magic.
The formulas are already imprinted in my head to the point of being sick of them.
But let’s add a little flair to it.
“Wind, water, lightning, devour all the enemies in front of me!”
Thanks to the skill I acquired yesterday, the circulation of magic power has improved even more.
Okay, with this, I can shoot something bigger than usual.
I pointed my staff at the writhing Trents and shouted, activating the magic at the same time.
“Tempest!”
Whoosh!
Rumble!
A vortex with thunderclouds appeared, engulfing the Trents.
The swirling wind tore the Trents to shreds, the high-pressure rain pierced through the Trents, and the lightning that struck them burned them.
Tempest magic, which creates a storm, is one of the most difficult advanced magic spells that can only be used after acquiring three attributes.
Among the students who attended the magic school, only a very few could use it.
Of course, I was the best at it!
Wow~ it’s quite exciting to use it after a long time.
At the magic school, it worked so well when I thought of the targets as those jerks who picked fights with me.
“Ooooh!”
“Amazing!”
“Wow!”
“Whew~.”
Rant, Elsie, Noah, and Ninya are all impressed by my magic.
This pure surprise… ah, it feels like my heart is being fulfilled!
I turned to everyone, puffed out my chest, put my hands on my hips, and asked.
“Ahem! How was it?”
“Amazing, Tikia-san!”
“That’s right! It’s like a scene from a legend!”
A scene from a legend…
Tell me more!
“Wow~ so that’s why other parties try so hard to recruit mages…”
“Tikia, that’s really amazing? I’ve never seen such incredible magic before. You use three attributes to use that, right?”
Ninya, being a B-rank, had a lot of experience, so she seemed to understand the greatness of the magic I used to some extent.
“That’s right, it’s Tempest, a storm magic created using the attributes of wind, water, and electricity. Huhu, it’s even more powerful than a tornado!”
“It’s only possible because Tikia-san is an elemental master!”
“That’s right! It’s only possible because I’m a genius magical girl and an elemental master! Other mages can hardly imitate it!”
Rant’s pure admiration!
It feels good!
I want to hear more!
“Rant! Bring more Trents! This time, I’ll show you Volcano, a combined advanced magic of fire and earth!”
“Ooh, Volcano! Yes!”
Rant dashed off again to pick up monsters.
Hahahaha!
I’ll show you how amazing I am!
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After that, in addition to Volcano, I showed off various advanced magic spells in front of everyone, such as Fire Tornado, Tidal Wave, Thunder Rain, and Darkness Needle.
Every time I showed them, the voices of admiration and praise were so pleasant!
It’s different from those jerks who only showed jealousy and envy whenever I showed advanced magic!
Those jerks’ gazes still lingered in my heart, so I had been reluctant to use advanced magic, but all of that has flown away!
Ah! Companions are so good!
And after finishing the display of advanced magic, I took out a lunch box on the table that Rant made in the dungeon with a happy heart, sat on a chair, and ate lunch.
While eating, Rant, Noah, and Elsie, who didn’t know much about magic, praised me repeatedly, saying that it was amazing anyway.
And Ninya, who had a lot of experience and had met many mages, praised me even more because she understood my greatness better.
Ah, this is the first time I’ve had such a happy lunch!
After lunch, we returned to the surface and reported to Lenny.
Today was also a hunting day for my promotion, so we didn’t recover many Trents, but we reported that we had recovered the ones that were cut with Wind Cutter, etc.
When we went to the warehouse with Rant, the dwarf dismantler named Kelban was very disappointed, but he congratulated me on joining the party as a mage.
After that, I was really happy.
We went to the Fox’s Rest together and were able to have a talk about the magical girl Marine, which I had been longing for, in Elsie’s room.
I had only read the first part, but that was enough to start a conversation.
The time we spent lying on the bed together, leisurely reading the illustrated version of Magical Girl Marine Volume 1, was truly the ultimate happiness!
We read up to Volume 3 together, and then it was evening, so we went down to the first floor and had dinner with everyone.
Ah!
Adventuring with companions.
Spending time happily reading Magical Girl Marine with a fellow bookworm.
And having dinner with my companions in the evening!
What a peaceful and fulfilling day!
Okay, let’s continue with Elsie and read up to Volume 12 tonight…
About 10 minutes after we went back to Elsie’s room after dinner.
Elsie said to me.
“…Tikia-san. It’s probably a good idea to start preparing to spend time with Rant. Today is Tikia-san’s first night… Tina won’t be giving you a massage. Have a… happy time, Tikia-san… Haaah!”
…Aaaaaaaah!!!
